Toilet article.



No. 684,|72. Patented 06f. 8, I90I. E. BICK.

TOILET ARTICLE.

- (Application led Feb. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMILE BICK, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TOILET ARTICLE.

SEECIFICATIO forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 684,172, dated October8, 1901.

Application filed February 26, 1901. SerialNo. 49,016 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom iv' may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILE BICK', a citizen of the Republic of France,residing at Buf; falo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, havemade certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Brushes, of which thefollowing` is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in the class of hair-brushes which areprovided with passages or pockets for holding combs.

The construction and arrangement of parts are as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of myinvention with a comb inserted in the protecting-pocket. Fig.

2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a central cross-section through the head ofthe brush, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through lthe same.

The head A of the brush is shown circular in form, and the handle ct issuitably tapered to enable it to be grasped and held with ease. BristlesZ1 are secured in one side of the head A, and al circular mirror B issecured in a recess in the opposite side or back of the same. The backof the brush is provided with a rim 0r fiange c, which projects beyondthe face of the mirror B, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and thus protectsthe mirror from injury by contact with surfaces or other objects uponwhich the brush may be laid.

The brush is provided With a pocket C for receiving and holding a combD, as shown. Such pocket C is a slot or passage formed in the headbetween the bristle holder and brush-back proper and extends into thehandle a a sudcient distance to accommodate a comb of moderate length.Such slot or pas sage C is intended to be made of such width laterally,especially between the brush-h older proper and the mirroreback, as tobarely allow introduction of the comb D, so that to retain the comb inplace under normal conditions I secure rubber strips c (see Fig. 4) inthe outer end of the pocket C, so that the comb D is forced between themwhen being inserted and is then held by elastic contact therewith. Theinner side of the handle a is practically in line with the back properof the brush, and the pocket which extends into the saine is ofsufcientdepth to allow the comb D to lie flush therein, as shown in Figs. 1 and4, and is also accessible, so that the thumb of the hand grasping thehandle a may be pressed on the comb to force it out of the other end ofthe pocket.

I prefer to employ a metal comb, since it can be made very thin and yethave the requisite strength;

What I claim is- The hair-brush having a handle extended in line withits back, and a combpocket formed between the bristle-holder and thesaid back, and extending into the handle beyond the back where it isformed as an open recess adapted to receive the comb latwise and permitaccess thereto, for the purpose of forcing it out of the pocket, and arubber strip inserted in the outer end of said recess, as shown anddescribed.

EMILE Bion.

Vitnesses:

AARON FYBUsH, HENRY O. GRAM.

